[Austin Rand's journal, 3rd Archbold Expedition to New Guinea] July 6, 1938 to May 5, 1939
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November 30, 1938. Sun and clouds early - rain by 11 AM - and dull rainy PM - hill sides get slippery very quickly after rain. Hunting forest and into edge of high garden to west of gorge below camp. Saw one Paradegalla moving about lower part of crown of forest tree - black with white appearing wattle very conspicuous. Noted today that call of Syma and Cacomantis very similar - Boy spent all AM getting former and I waited one half hour edge of forest for pair of cuckoos to come to edge - though I thought they would be king- fishers. Beautiful forest 70-125 ft. trees fairly close ramping canopy overhead - tall, fairly open undergrowth of shrubs, mossy things and ferns - a little lawyer cane - ground leaf covered - But then out into low dense shrubbery, bracken and ground inclined on steep slope above river where difficult to forge a way - limestone show- ing in a few places.